{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"8.17.26 | Firefox for iOS adblocker, Claude system prompts, third world engineer on RISC-V","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6294492f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":862,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 17, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nFirefox for iOS now has a native adblocker\nhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-ads-firefox-ios\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319633\nClaude: System Prompts\nhttps://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319556\nA third world engineer responds to ”RISC-V: They should have known better“\nhttps://rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49321717\nTell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322107\nStripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/stripe-will-reportedly-acquire-ai-gateway-startup-openrouter-for-7b/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49323381\nQwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things\nhttps://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49324985\nThe AI Credit Resale Economy\nhttps://vectoral.com/blog/who-are-the-token-brokers\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320611\nThe federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding\nhttps://www.highereddive.com/news/inside-the-federal-keyword-lists-that-canceled-billions-in-research-funding/826203/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325159\nSt Lucie Nuclear Reactor Unit 1 manually shutdown, 3 control rods drop into core\nhttps://www.wptv.com/news/treasure-coast/region-st-lucie-county/saint-lucie-nuclear-power-plant-unit-1-manually-shut-down-after-3-control-rods-drop-into-reactor-core\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320856\nNvidia dramatically reduces amount of OpenAI infra financing it may guarantee\nhttps://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-scales-back-250-billion-openai-data-center-guarantee-wsj-reports-2026-08-14/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49323686","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}